#353: Required Flyers FudCon 2015 CFP
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Reporter: pravins | Owner: shatadru
Type: Digital Artwork | Status: new
Priority: high | Severity: Quick & Easy
Resolution: | Keywords: triaged
Blocked By: pravins | Blocking:
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Comment (by duffy):
critique/feedback from design team meeting today
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<mizmo> okay so we have this esign by shatadru:
https://fedorahosted.org
/design-team/raw-attachment/ticket/353/353_2.png
<mizmo> and he astutely noted that the CFP text is way too dense for the
flyer, and that more concise text is needed
<mizmo> (maybe this is why he left pravins in the blocked by field)
<gnokii> blue on blue
<mizmo> these are the mockups jurank_dankkal came up with:
<mizmo>
https://jurankdankkal.fedorapeople.org/FUDCon/FUDConPune2015/final/flyer/
<mizmo> this is the first one:
<mizmo>
https://jurankdankkal.fedorapeople.org/FUDCon/FUDConPune2015/final/flyer/...
<mizmo> on this one i have a few points of feedback:
<mizmo> - the orange and green are really bright and will probably be out
of gamut for printers
<gnokii> ++
<mizmo> - when you look at a flyer like this, there are a few points of
information that should stand out right away. since it's a CFP
<mizmo> - the deadline, event name, and the types of proposals they are
looking for are the most important htings i think
<gnokii> the green has to be spot color you definitely gets that otherwise
printed
<mizmo> but when i stare at this flyer all i see are bright green and
orange, they take a lot of attention away
<mizmo> i think it's a cool technique to take the fedora triangles and
make them an indian flag but i think it's too loud for this application
<mizmo> i think the ticket requestor needs to provide better copy for the
flyer
<gnokii> just replace that with our green and orange
<mizmo> i would even drop the flag colors
<mizmo> or maybe fade it out, 50% transparency or something
<finalzone> fade out seems a better option
<mizmo> yeh it seems like a lot of visual noise otherwise
<mizmo> this flyer doesn't have a call to action either
<mleonova> is it on purpose that some triangles have spaces in between?
<mizmo> like if you want to get people to submit talks, have a big
headline like, "We need your talks!"
<mizmo> or "Propose your talk today!"
<mizmo> some kind of call to action
<mizmo> okay jurank_dankkal 's second design is here:
<mizmo>
https://jurankdankkal.fedorapeople.org/FUDCon/FUDConPune2015/final/flyer/...
<mizmo> i like this one much better because the focus is more on the
content
<jurank_dankkal> yeah I also feel that way, just trying to do fedora
triangle with indian flag, but it's hard to put the content n combine the
color
<mizmo> i like the design in the backgroudn too - you got the orange and
green in there but it's not as loud. the only thing is it interacts a lot
with the fudcon pune logo, i'd consider separating them (or again, the old
trick of 50% opacity the wheel in the back)
<mizmo> the information is presented great here too, we're just missing a
list of talk topics
<mizmo> which the reporter didn't provide
<mizmo> i think maybe the white outlines on the fudcon logo are too
extreme too
<fedmsg-design> trac.ticket.update -- kevin closed a ticket on the Fedora
Infrastructure trac instance as 'fixed'
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-
infrastructure/ticket/4676
<mizmo> it looks off to me, i'm not sure why though
<ryanlerch> also, if it is for printing out (on a lazer or inkjet), having
a olid color on the BG is not
<ryanlerch> going to look that good
<mizmo> yeh it'll have lines
<ryanlerch> and heavy on the ink for people printing it out
<mizmo> are people going to know what fudcon is? that it's for fedora?
<mizmo> it should maybe point out it's the Fedora conference
<mizmo> here's what i'd suggest -
<finalzone> thin white line for the fudcon logo?
<mizmo> - we'll set the ticket to block on pravins and ask him for solid
copy for the flyer, suggesting that he provide a list of topics for people
to propose talks about
<mizmo> - jurank_dankkal, i would contact shatadru since it's his ticket
and coordinate with him based on the feedback we gave you today - i'd
suggest designing on a white bg too
<gnokii> makes no sense anymore
<mizmo> does that seem like a reasonable plan?
<gnokii> deadline 6th march thats next week
<jurank_dankkal> yeah sure mizmo , thanks for the feedbacks guys..
<mizmo> cool hope it helps!
<jurank_dankkal> i think maybe the white outlines on the fudcon logo are
too extreme too >> do you mean the strokes on the logo?
<mizmo> jurank_dankkal, yeh the strokes on the logo, they don't look
right, i think they need to be thicker
<mizmo> they make some artifacts like a little diamond between the 4
logomark pieces
<jurank_dankkal> okay, so I'll make it more thicker and also ticket 352
need to be changed too..
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